Professors and Pastries

Would you like the opportunity to talk informally with your professors and other advisors about common interests, and your plans and ambitions, whether academic, personal or professional?

Throughout the academic year the Academic Advising Center will be co-hosting, with academic departments and other advising resources, a series of events to give students the opportunity to meet and talk informally with faculty drawn from a range of academic disciplines. Each event will be arranged around a broad theme, such as the Life Sciences and the Health Professions, the Study of the Humanities and Preparing for the Law, Living Ethically and Contributing Socially, Studying, Working, and Living Abroad,to help students decide their future classes, majors and minors, or to find out more about potential careers and volunteer positions.

Every student is cordially invited to drop in at any or all of these events, even if it is only to enjoy good food and conversation with teachers and classmates. Upcoming events

View photos, courtesy of Heitor Gouvea, Ph.d '09 (Political Science)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 3:30--5:00 p.m., Gasson 100

"Life Sciences and the Health Professions"

This is the first event in a Professors and Pastries series to be hosted by the Academic Advising Center throughout this academic year, intended to give students the opportunity to meet informally and chat with faculty, advisors, alumni, and outside professionals.   At this Life Sciences and Health Professions gathering, there will be faculty and advisors from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Geology, Nursing, Physics, Psychology, and Social Work, members of the Health Professions Advisory Committee (including premed), physicians and therapists in local practice and from area hospitals, and representatives from the Career Center and the Office of International Programs. They
will all be there ready to talk with you about their own work and passions, and the different ways you can pursue any interest in the life sciences and the health and caring professions at BC and beyond.

Wednesday, October 14, 3:30--5:00 p.m., Gasson 100

"How to Succeed in Business with a Liberal Arts Degree"

This is the second event in the Academic Advising Center's Professors and Pastries fall series designed to give all students the opportunity to meet informally and chat with faculty, alumni, and advisors.   At this Business and the Liberal Arts gathering, there will be BC alumni from business and technology companies, as well as faculty and advisors from CSOM, many Arts and Sciences departments, the Career Center, and other agencies and programs at BC.   They will all be there ready to talk with you about
their own work and experience, and the different ways you can pursue any interest in business at BC and beyond.

Wednesday, October 21, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Gasson 100

"Study of the Humanities and Preparing for the Law"

This is the third event in the Academic Advising Center's current Professors and Pastries series designed to give all students the opportunity to meet informally and chat with faculty, alumni, and advisors.   At this Study of the Humanities and Preparing for the Law gathering, there will be faculty and advisors from the Law School, CSOM, and History, English, Communication, Theology, Philosophy, Political Science, Geology and Geophysics, German Studies, Sociology, and other Arts and Sciences departments, as well as prelaw and other advisors from the Career Center, practising alumni lawyers,
the director of the Faith, Peace, and Justice program, and representatives from the new BC School of Theology & Ministry and from other BC programs.   They will all be there ready to talk with you about their own work and passions, and the different ways you can pursue any interest in the various academic disciplines and the law at BC and beyond.

These topics are subject to change, so please check posted flyers and the Academic Advising Center's website www.bc.edu/offices/acadvctr periodically to verify the topic for a specific date.